Richard J. Annen

Director, Center for Conflict Resolution Strategies

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Mar 2, 2025, 12:13 PM

The ‘Egyptian Solution’ can be part of the blueprint to end the conflict

On February 25, 2025, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid presented a post-war governance plan for Gaza titled “The Egyptian Solution.” As with any viable peace plan, it is premised on the removal of Hamas from power in Gaza. Lapid...

Jan 30, 2025, 11:09 PM

‘Hamas will never govern Gaza.’ How do those words become reality?

INTRODUCTION Those are the words of President Donald Trump’s nominee for US National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, the day the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect on January 19, 2025. This position of the Trump administration was confirmed by...

Jan 29, 2025, 6:15 AM

Another Ceasefire; Now What?

INTRODUCTION The Israeli Palestinian Conflict ( the “Conflict”) has once again repeated its 77-year cycle of violence with another ceasefire to end another war. The more than year-long war in response to the atrocities of October 7, 2023, led to...

Jan 2, 2025, 10:48 AM

A Civilian Volunteer with the IDF: The Experience Step-by-Step

INTRODUCTION On October 10, 2024, my article, “Confessions of a Civilian Volunteer with the Israel Defense Force,” was published in the Times of Israel Blog at That article, the first of a 3-part series, was about how I came...

Oct 10, 2024, 6:12 AM

Confessions of a civilian volunteer with the Israel Defense Force

Part 1 of a 3-Part Series INTRODUCTION Amidst the Galilee War in 1982, Golan Heights communities in Israel faced potential crop loss due to manpower shortages caused by call up of army reservists for duty. Dr. Aharon Davidi, a former head...

Jun 7, 2024, 5:42 PM

Palestinians Support a Two-State Solution Without Hamas – The PSR Opinion Poll

PREAMBLE This is the fourth in a series of posts originating with the “Blueprint for an Imposed Peace to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” (the “Blueprint”). In my last post, we examined the November 14, 2023, public opinion poll titled “Gaza Survey...

May 31, 2024, 12:02 PM

Palestinian Support for a Two-State Solution – The AWRAD Opinion Poll

“ poll would have to be secret because is impossible, even perilous, for an Arab refugee openly to disclaim interest in Palestine.” Martha Gellhorn Pioneering War Correspondent 1961 PREAMBLE This is the third Post regarding the “Blueprint for an Imposed Peace to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”...

May 28, 2024, 12:59 PM

The Facts Support Imposing Peace to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

“The history of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict defines the Palestinian people, but not the Jews of Israel. Only when they can no longer be used as a weapon of war, will the Palestinian people be able to begin defining themselves.” Richard...

May 24, 2024, 12:01 AM

Blueprint for an Imposed Peace to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Richard J. Annen BLUEPRINT FOR AN IMPOSED PEACE TO END THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT “When peace comes we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, but it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced...

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About Me

Richard J. Annen is the Director of the Center for Conflict Resolution Strategies (CCRS) located in San Diego, California. CCRS's mission is to analyze real world human conflicts, crisis, and problems and develop detailed, fact-based, implementable resolution strategies. Prior to establishing CCRS, Mr. Annen was a board-certified trial attorney specializing in business litigation. Mr. Annen received his Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of Notre Dame, after graduating from Western Michigan University in his home town of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Mr. Annen is the author of "Blueprint for an Imposed Peace to End the Israeli Palestinian Conflict," which is available at www.centerforconflictresolutionstrategies.com or email your request for a copy to rannen.ccrs@gmail.com. Mr. Annen served as a civilian volunteer with the IDF and now serves as a US ambassador for Sar-El (The National Project for Volunteers for Israel), a non-profit service organization acting under the direction of the Israeli Logistics Corps, charged with recruiting civilian volunteers to support the IDF.

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